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I saw episodes 1 & 2 dubbed tonight at the anime convention Nekocon. The room's audio system wasn't too great. But from what I heard, this could turn out to be one of the best dub's I've heard in a long time. I was very impressed.

I saw episodes 1 & 2 dubbed tonight at the anime convention Nekocon. The room's audio system wasn't too great. But from what I heard, this could turn out to be one of the best dub's I've heard in a long time. I was very impressed.

Well that's great! Solid dub=more fans and more fans=more purchasing power for the novels and maybe that could make Funi bring out the second season more quickly (not saying that they aren't but I'm saying that it could happen).

I saw episodes 1 & 2 dubbed tonight at the anime convention Nekocon. The room's audio system wasn't too great. But from what I heard, this could turn out to be one of the best dub's I've heard in a long time. I was very impressed.

I have no doubt about the dub. I don't know if anyone in Animesuki knows, but if there's a dub that's available, I'll ALWAYS check that out first (it's takes an incredibly bad dub to make me switch to Japanese with subtitles).

The dub does sound pretty well done. After watching the first two eps, I still prefer the original, but I have to give them credit for doing as good a job as they have. This was one that really could have gone bad.

English Lawrence, in comparison to his Japanese version comes across as a bit older and a somewhat more rough and serious person, his Japanese voice makes him sound his age, but also still conveys a sense of naive innocence in the way he speaks. The english version, I dont really get that same feeling from him, he seems like an almost fully serious adult merchant.

For Holo, in the first episode atleast, the english VA just doesn't seem to convey that mature yet playfull flirty aspect of Holo's character nearly as well as the Japanese and instead puts most effort into the serious "wise wolf" part of the character in the way she delivers her lines.

Thankfully, in the second episode, both english VA's seemed to be filling into their rolls a little better were able to bring out more of the of the characters as they should be. I was also decently impressed with the few side characters as well, they all atleast sounded natural enough and the only moment that made me cringe a little was the "Its Chloe Chloe Chloe!!" part of ep 1.

The first 5 episodes are on my cable providers on demand list. I think this is one of the better dubbed series I have seen in a long time. The end of episode 5 in the cart was just right IMO... different than the original, but still right. I also like that I can see the facial expressions now when things are said rather than reading quickly and hoping to see everything at once. (I know, read faster or learn Japanese, lol). I am glad to see companies taking this more seriously, however small the steps may be they are taking. Hopefully signs of things to come.

Love this series, I think they did a great job, December 22nd I will buy it so I can finally get my wife to watch anime with me, lol.

I watched the first two episodes dubbed on Funimation's site. Not bad, though I would have expected a slightly "younger" sounding voice for Holo (man, is that hard to get used to). I, too, felt the lines were more "casually" delivered and not like they were reading from a script in a recording booth - Lawrence's interaction with the guard in the first few minutes of ep 1 being a good example of that. (Chloe's "for God's sake!" at one point was another.)

The one thing that grates on me, and I don't know if it's a case of getting used to 'Holo' or not, is the pronunciation used, particularly the long 'o' sound of the first vowel.. it sounds like they are saying "Hoe-low" all the time. I always considered the first 'o' to be a shorter, softer vowel, as in "Huh-low" if you will. We'll see once I get the DVDs if it grows on me or not.

All in all I do like the dub, especially since I think I can convince a bunch of friends and family to get into this show now that it's available in English.

For sure in japanese both "o"s in her name are the same, same length (actually short, but seems that it sounds long for most english speakers ^^;; ), same sound. But maybe one that doesn't exist in english (anymore). I believe the pronunciation in the dub is really close, maybe the closest it could be, to the japanese.

Just got my copy of season 1 today and watched it all in one sitting. WELL worth the $35 pre-order purchase. Heck, after watching the episodes, I'd be willing to spend double what I paid on them. I was VERY impressed with the dubbing as compared to other dubbed series I've seen before (even though I'm not a fan of many subs in comparison). The story and setting are a welcome change rather than your usual fantasy or sci-fi anime. I will definitely be promoting this to all my friends. Anyone have any good links for merchandise or other such things?

As for the 'name debate':
To the best of my understanding (though it was quite late) the Spice and Wolf wiki says that the name has always been Holo. Regardless, I'm confident in assuming everyone here knows to whom we're referring to when we say either name. lol.
Personally, She'll always be Holo to me, seeing as the 2 free dubbed episodes I first saw introduced her as Holo. =P